Honoured, delighted, and touched to receive this letter on the occasion of
#India
's
#RepublicDay2022
- thank you
@PMOIndia
. Proud of our cultural heritage, and the global values that underpin it🙏
E.g. आत्मवत् सर्वभूतेषु यः पश्यति सः पण्डितः❤️
Problematic at several levels. Even in this short clip,
#China
and
#India
are mentioned twice in one breath. Failure to recognize fundamental differences between the two reeks of crude reductionism (at best), and possibly worse.
Just sat down for an exclusive w/ President
@BarackObama
in Athens to discuss the future of democracy, at home & abroad. I asked how the US should engage with autocracies. Watch his response.
Our interview and a conversation with 3 Obama Foundation leaders airs 10pET on
@CNN
.
Such an honour and a joy to meet the brilliant
#ForeignMinister
@DrSJaishankar
again, brainstorm abt all things
#IR
together, and present him with a copy of our latest book.
Thank you, dear Dr Jaishankar, for your time and (as always) the lively exchange!
#SouthBlock
#India
#Mustread
piece by
@Chellaney
👇
#Lithuania
, sets 'rare
#European
example of fealty to democratic principles...by permitting a representative office bearing the name "
#Taiwan
" rather than “Chinese Taipei"...'
David nation puts global Goliath in its place
Don Bhawalkar Narlikar (2009-2023)
My protector, my dearest friend, my equal❤️
Although I am overcome with grief at his passing, I know that Don brought me more joy than I thought was possible for me to experience in my entire lifetime🙏🏽
I loved him not only as my "pet" but for
"South China Sea is a reminder that international law is powerless against the powerful."
@Chellaney
offers four key lessons on
#negotiating
with
#China
.
Tokyo must thwart Beijing's Senkaku strategy | The
#Japan
Times
आज के दिवस, एक वर्ष पूर्व, आदरणीय
@narendramodi
जी ने हमें इस पत्र द्वारा सम्मानित किया। उन्होंने लिखा था, "विद्वान जन केवल अपने देश के नहीं अपितु संपूर्ण विश्व के होते हैं ।" सत्यवचन🙏
किन्तु सारी दुनिया घूम कर भी हमारी मातृभूमि जैसा हमें कोई देश न मिला। #जयभारत #जयहिन्द 🇮🇳
Must-read piece by
@Chellaney
: "By refraining from imposing substantive costs, India has allowed the military confrontation to remain a low-risk strategy for China." App bans not enough.
#India
must start imposing calibrated costs on
#China
Hard-hitting piece by
@Chellaney
"Only by loosening China’s grip on global supply networks... can the world be kept safe from the country’s political pathologies." A Made-in-China Pandemic by Brahma Chellaney
@ProSyn
1/ Ages ago, a wise friend from
#LatinAmerica
told me that
#academic
#IR
is bitchier than the catwalk, and it's worse if you are from the
#GlobalSouth
living in
#GlobalNorth
. You'll get mansplained to (by men & women) in areas that you have spent decades specialising in...
My latest
#Hindi
#Sanskrit
video - with thnx for all you lovely tweeps for your msgs & patience🙏this verse on the qualities of a good student, Shloka learnt in childhood, and applicable to ppl of all ages😇
Must-read by
@Chellaney
: China's newly built border villages in Himalayas are equivalent of its artificially created islands in the South China Sea, whose geopolitical map Xi’s regime has redrawn without firing a shot...
China’s Himalayan Salami Tactics
Further to my announcement of 26 July 2023, I am now happy to confirm that I will relinquish my responsibilities as
@GIGA_Institute
President, effective from 1 April 2024.
The GIGA marked a series of firsts when I was appointed as the institute’s first international, woman,
Cool piece by
@dandrezner
: "Trump is like a gambler who keeps losing bluffs but is convinced that he’s just suckering his opponents into that big hand just around the corner."
Perspective | Why the midterms mean more international conflict
"
#US
does not seem particularly committed to preventing a Chinese takeover of
#Taiwan
and the subsequent collapse of the half-century-old Asian security order. This is exactly what Xi is counting on."
#MustRead
piece by
@Chellaney
#IndoPacific
@ProSyn
After 9 successful & extraordinarily demanding years at
#GIGA
, Prof.
@AmritaNarlikar
has announced her plans to step down from the
#Presidency
. We are happy that she will continue to pursue her cutting-edge research agenda at the institute
#WatchThisSpace
:
1/ On
#WorldBookDay
, my thanks go to all the
#books
that have accompanied me thru life. I love working on
#IPE
&
#trade
, but am also v grateful for a lifelong friendship w.
#Mahabharat
- a remarkable epic poem in
#Sanskrit
that unites 3 generations in our family🙏
News! Have agreed to 2nd term as GIGA Prez! Thnx to both ministries for overwhelming support, & to relev. 'Gremien', brill coopn partners, & wonderful smart & good indls helping us
@GIGA_Institute
to reach new heights. Here’s to pursuit of further excellence in science & policy!
Icymi: Important op-ed by
@Chellaney
#India
must give
#Taiwan
a helping hand: In dealing with Taipei, New Delhi should remember its mistakes when China annexed Tibet
#IndoGerman
relations: has been a joy collaborating w outgoing Ambassador
@WalterJLindner
over the years - looking fwd to staying in touch! And a warm welcome to Dr Philipp Ackermann, incoming 🇩🇪Ambassador to 🇮🇳
@GermanyinIndia
: looking fwd to continuing our fruitful cooperation!
After serving GIGA 🇩🇪2014-2024, celebrating my 1st day of freedom on
#LabourDay
!
Proud of our achievements over last years & grateful to all friends & well-wishers for their support.
Look fwd to sharing details soon on new adventure (
#secure
#sustainable
#kinder
#globalisation
).
#Friday
#mustread
by
@Chellaney
: "If another country... had let a lethal virus escape from its territory and create a globally disruptive pandemic, it would today be in the international doghouse. But China..."
Did China Get Away with Creating a Pandemic?
1/
#IndiaAt75
#AzadiKaAmritMahotsav
Every family in India probably has a freedom story to tell. Here's one of my favs from ours. It involves my grandpa (Ajoba), Prof. Devidas Raghunath Bhawalkar. You see him in pic below with his grandchild (yes, that's me).
Thnx for calling this out! It's esp bad in Germany. I've had male profs (& women on their staff) calling me "Mrs" (which, btw, I am factually not) - & call male counterparts Prof/ Dr. And if you politely point out that you have an earned title too, you're branded an "elitist"!
Oh, the delight of receiving emails of male academics addressed to "Dear Miss Schöneberg"...
Until I decide we are friends, it's DR Schöneberg for you. Thanks.
Origin story –Joe Biden orders his intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of covid-19. "This is not going down well in China..."
Finally great & good in West waking up to arguments that
@samirsaran
had made in March 2020
.
@GIGA_Institute
successful in evaluation, funding confirmed for next 7 years! Want to know why? Have a look at our trajectory, achievements & the processes we put in place to enable them:
Big thank-you to our funders, international partners & supporters🙏
1/
#HappyDiwali
🙏🪔
May the light shine upon all beings. Everywhere.
#SanskritVerse
for today:
असतो मा सद्गमय
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
From untruth to truth
From darkness to light
From death to immortality.
May there be peace.
Amidst all the noise,
@Chellaney
hits the nail on the head: "The terrorism emanating from Pakistan cannot be stemmed without correcting the country’s civil-military relations." Important read for all, and especially policy-makers in Europe & US.
Must-read by
@Chellaney
: „At a time when the world is struggling with a pandemic that originated in China, that country’s expansionism and rogue behavior have lent new momentum to the Quad’s evolution toward a concrete formal security arrangement.“
@ProSyn
1/9 Some personal highlights
#2021
:
Delighted & humbled to be elected Honorary Fellow
@DarwinCollege
, University of Cambridge & Distinguished International Fellow
@iaisofficial
. And privileged to cont. serving as Prez
@GIGA_Institute
& non-res Senior Fellow
@orfonline
🙏
V happy to see my latest interview (published
@Int_Politik
earlier this week) now availab in English
@Global_Policy
. Many thnx to editors of both journals & to all readers for their interest!
“The West uses double standards”
Interview with Amrita Narlikar
“
#India
looks very steady & it has a government that seems to know exactly what they have to do. The political situation in other parts of the world, & that includes
#Europe
& probably the
#US
&
#China
, is a bit different”
A new friend asked me where I am from. Somewhat Marathi-speaking, but am really a Dilli ki billi😇
You can take the girl out of Delhi, but you cannot take Delhi out of the girl.
Pic below shd be called:
Dilli ki billi with billu ka pillu😻
"After 2 decades, 3 prime ministers, 4 Governments, and a dizzying number of flip-flops and somersaults, the first 5 Rafale fighter jets finally landed in India on 29th July."
@samirsaran
's cold, hard & eloquent look @ India's nat. security is a must-read.
Look at this hefty beastie that came in the post today!
A wicked little
@IAJournal_CH
centenary special issue.
Co-edited by
@dandrezner
& me, the
#HowNotTo
#Guide
for
#IR
😇
Big thank you to all contributors, production team, and engaged readers!🙏
Sombre
#MustRead
by
@Chellaney
: ...prolonged silencing of open international discussion on whether
#pandemic
was triggered by escape of a functionally enhanced virus from an American-funded Chinese lab in
#Wuhan
could keep the truth hidden forever....
My phone reminded me of this amazing memory: on this day, in 2015, my inauguration as
@GIGA_Institute
President. What a warm welcome it was by
@OlafScholz
& Dorothee Stapelfeldt, plus the good citizens of
#Hamburg
& beyond🙏The parents were quite proud😊
Honoured, delighted, and touched to receive this letter on the occasion of
#India
's
#RepublicDay2022
- thank you
@PMOIndia
. Proud of our cultural heritage, and the global values that underpin it🙏
E.g. आत्मवत् सर्वभूतेषु यः पश्यति सः पण्डितः❤️
My latest
#Hindi
#Sanskrit
video - with thnx for all you lovely tweeps for your msgs & patience🙏this verse on the qualities of a good student, Shloka learnt in childhood, and applicable to ppl of all ages😇
On
#Gurupurnima
, pranam 🙏to all my teachers in life. My parents, collaborators, team-members, students, & friends who teach me so much everyday. & on this day, big shoutout to
@amitabhmattoo
, my prof from
#JNU
days, inspiring mentor also today. Thank you, good, kind teachers 🥰
Amidst these difficult times, a small piece of good news. Sneak a little peak via the link:
A big thank you to so many of you for your support and interest.
Available soon from
@AmritaNarlikar
of
@GIGA_Institute
'Poverty Narratives and Power Paradoxes in International Trade Negotiations and Beyond'.
'poverty... has emerged as a political tool and a formidable weapon in international negotiation'
@CUP_PoliSci
Amazing how little attention
#SouthAsia
is getting in media or public debate in Europe, despite the recent tragedy in
#Kashmir
and its aftermath.
@Chellaney
's piece is a must-read and a wake-up call.
My latest column: India’s persistent refusal to treat Pakistan as a terrorist state in its policy, as opposed to its rhetoric, has come back to haunt it. However, it is not too late for India to bring Pakistan under multipronged and unrelenting pressure.
And now the
#English
-
#Sanskrit
version of my video from last week - on
#cultures
of
#debate
. With an inspiring verse, which I hope some of you will find useful & amusing😊🙏